Rare announcement from the power in Tehran about Mojtaba Khamenei: What injuries the supreme leader of Iran suffered

An Iranian official on Monday described as “superficial” the injuries caused to Mojtaba Khamenei by the US-Israeli attacks at the beginning of the war, in what is a rare information from the power about the state of health of the supreme leader in Tehran, writes AFP.

Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded at the age of 56 his father Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a strike on the very first day of the conflict, on February 28, has not appeared in public since his appointment on March 8 to the new position, contenting himself with issuing written statements.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on April 13 that he was “wounded and probably disfigured”.

Mojtaba Khamenei, hospitalized

On Monday, Iranian Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour revealed that Mojtaba Khamenei was admitted to a hospital on February 28 at 1 p.m. local time and placed “in an operating room, along with many other injured people.”

“Apart from superficial injuries to the face, head and legs, which did not require amputation or cause complications, there was nothing major,” the spokesman added, quoted by Iranian state media.

“As a doctor, I think there were no serious injuries, no special operation was required, apart from one or two stitches,” added Kermanpour, according to Agerpres.

Mojtaba Khamenei, who was fasting Ramadan at the time, refused to resume feeding until sunset, “which shows his good health,” the official said.

According to the spokesman, Mojtaba Khamenei was discharged on March 1.

On May 7, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said he spoke with the supreme leader for two and a half hours.

Three days later, Iranian state television announced that the head of Iran's armed forces, Ali Abdollahi, met with Mojtaba Khamenei, who gave him “new directives and guidelines for continuing operations aimed at confronting the enemy.”